- Aug 17, 2016
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I have one rooster that, sadly, I'll need to sell or give away since he's starting to crow. I'm hoping to set a few of his eggs before he goes, and was excited to see him gettin' it on with my Isbar about two weeks ago (and regularly since, romantics that they are). I checked one of her eggs a few says after that first date for fertility, and it seemed to be good to go...but the eggs I've set since have failed to develop. I went ahead and opened up the eggs from the 14th and 15th of January, since they weren't even veining yet, and they did appear to have quit (very) early on, though I also cracked one she laid today and it didn't appear fertile. Am I missing something? Do my chickens not know how this whole "mating" thing works? Should I get them one of those mortifying sex education books? :-D